Button.



PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908.

APPLICATION FILED OGT.10,1907.

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BUTTON.

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Toalli' whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, HENRY R. KOHL- WEIQER, aciti'zen of the UnitedStates, residingat Pittsburg, Allegheny county, Pennsyl- '5 van'ia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of whichthefollowing 1s a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

' invention relates to buttons, and

. more particular y to that ty e of buttons having a tiltable or movableliead, such for instance as fcollar and cufi I buttons.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a button of the abovetype wherein positiv and reliable means are employed for retaining. thetiltable head of the button in a ;closed or. arallel position withrelation to the "body-oft ebutto'n.

Another object of the-invention is to provide a button having a tiltableor movable head that can'be moved into a plane a proximatelyhorizontalof the shank of the button.

With these objects in view, the invention wighmlilwgle'describialjlindetail. V V

p I t e awingfs: igurel isavertica secview of a button constructed inac- ,cordance with my invention, 2 is a verticaltransv'erse sectionalview of a button.

The button comprises; a circular body 1 m a tapering shank. 2.. Thecircular bodyls recessed, as at;3, to accommodate a gmetallic dia hragm51, said dia hragm being 'ula'r body 1 y a ring I he shank 2 is roviddwith abor'e 7 and movably mounte in sa d bore is a rod 8 car at itslower end amp 9-.. cup 9 is normally retained in -engagement with. the

gretained wit thec 33y 1511a hr fi liecup 9 prevents the end of the rod8 from injuring or uncturing the diaphragm f4, which is prefera ly madeof light and res nt'sheet, metal. The up er endof the r0 8 is bent toprovide'a'hoo 11 for engag ;.4'5-, ing a stirru '12 carried by'the head13 of the button, The head 13 is made "of" ht and ,durable metal'whichis ressed into t e form 'of acap adaplted to shie d and house the stir--rup,1 2 and t e upper-end ofthe rod 8.- ;-The @I'Yhiaad 13 besides bemgconnected tothe rod 8- is pi-votally connected by a stirrup 14 to a;"stationary rod.15, carried by the shank 2.. :Inorder that the head 13can assume a lane tapproximately horizontal withthe-shan 2, I-

Spqification of Letters Patent Application filed October 10, 1907.Serial No. 396,741.

4 by a spring-10 surrounding the rat nt aiun j a, ii eoaf have recessedsaid shank 2, as at 16, to receive the edge of the head when tilted.

The spring 10 is employed to normally maintain the head 13 in a closedvosition, a proximately parallel with the ody of t e utton, the tensionof said spring exerting a downward pressure upon the rod 8 in excess ofthe upward pressure of the diaphragm 4,

eonsequently said diaphragm is normally held under tension. Thisdiaphragm is employed to assist in retaining the head 13 in a closedposition, it only being necessary to press upon the diaphragm, or totilt the head to overcome the tension of the spring 10.

Due to the fact that the head 13 is ivoted at one side of the verticalaxes of the s ank 2, it will be observed that when the head is tiltedand the stirrup ll'thus moved to a point above the stirru 12, a slightpressure of the diaphragm 4 w' be sufficient to retain said head in openposition, but this pressure is easily overcome by slightly moving thehead 13, which is immediately closed by the pressure of the spring 10upon the lower end of the rod 8. By the novel construction of the buttonjust described, it will be observed that the head of the button can beopened by pressing upon the diaphragm 4 of the body of the button. Thisfeature is of convenience when the button is in the button hole of ashirt band, and the ends of a collar are to be placed upon the shank ofabutton.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is

1. A'button embodying a circular recessed body, a shank carried thereby,a diaphragm 'mountedin said recessed body, a rod movably mounted in saidshank, a spring sur rounding saidrod within said recessed body, atilting head pivotally mounted upon the end of said shank, a stirrulpcarried by said head and connecting wit said rod, said shank having arecess formed therein for receiving the edge of said head when said headis tilted.

2. A- buttoncomprising a recessed body having an integral shank, adiaphragm arranged in said body, a rod extending through 'saidshank, atilting head'pivotally mounted upon said shank and connecting with saidrod, said shank having a recess formed therein to receive the edge ofsaid head, and means arrange said body for normally holdsai headparallel thereto.

- witha. recess, a shank carried by said body, EL

[operatively connected, a diaphragm secured 3. A button comprising abody provided ranged on -the rod for norn1a 11y holding the diaphragm inextended positlon.

In test mony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY R. KOHLWEYER.

1O rod extending through said shank, a: head provide d \vlth a st nl'upwith which said rod is Within the recess of said body, a cup carried\Vit-nesses:

by the lower end of said rod andjbeanng MAX H. SRoLovI'rz, against smddlaphlflagm, and a sprlng ar- C. V. BRooKs,

